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CVE-2016-8202

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 3.05%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-8202
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.05%

Original Filing — NVD Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts accessing the system via command line interface. With affected versions, non-root users can gain root access with a combination of shell commands and parameters.